The weekend of 20/21 March 2010 has been confirmed for the DAAD Alumni Conference, which will take place in the Fale Pasifika at the University of Auckland.

The conference, to which all DAAD alumni in New Zealand are invited, will start around noon with a lunch buffet and end on the second day with afternoon tea. It will examine “The role of the University in our globalized world” from different perspectives, i.e. science and sustainability, the role of science in the knowledge economy, and the scientific, technological and academic exchange between New Zealand and Germany.

We are happy to report that the Ambassador Designate of the Federal Republic of Germany in New Zealand, Mr. Thomas Meister, hopes to attend this conference; the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland, Professor Stuart McCutcheon, and other representatives from New Zealand universities and institutions, have already confirmed their participation.

We are also delighted to let you know that DAAD Secretary-General, Dr. Christian Bode, and the Head of Section in charge of academic exchange with New Zealand, Dr. Ursula Toyka, will join this conference from the DAAD headquarters in Bonn. Prof. Dr. Martin Faulstich, Professor of Resource and Energy Technology at the TU Munich and Chairman of the German Advisory Council on the Environment, will speak in the session on Science and Sustainability on the afternoon of the first day and Dr. Hermann Scheer, Member of Parliament, Chairman of the World Council For Renewable Energy (WCRE), has also been invited to speak at this session.

A draft programme of the meeting is available below.

Do not hesitate to contact the DAAD Office at the University of Auckland for further information (daad@auckland.ac.nz). If you are unsure as to whether we have your current email address, please let me know. Also, if you are in touch with fellow DAAD alumni in New Zealand who did not receive any information about the conference, please do not hesitate to forward this message to them.

Yannick Müllender

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To mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Department of German and Slavonic Studies and ELAM School of Fine Arts of The University of Auckland, in conjunction with the Goethe-Institut New Zealand, the Auckland Goethe Society, and the German Academic Exchange Service, are presenting the exhibition

Ortszeit – Local Time
Photographs by Stefan Koppelkamm
and a video presentation on the Berlin Wall by Norbert Enker

 from 27 October – 4 November in the George Fraser Gallery (The University of Auckland, Elam School of Fine Arts, 25a Princes Street, Auckland Central)

Hours
Monday – Friday              1-5pm
Saturday and Sunday     11am-5pm
admission is free

Opening reception
Tuesday, 27 October, at 5 pm – all welcome

For more information about this exhibition go to: http://www.goethe.de/ins/nz/wel/ver/en4598655v.htm

The German Academic Exchange Service announces the availability of scholarships for the following course:

 

Encounter Europe – Visit Germany: A DAAD Seminar for European-Studies in Australia at the European Academy Otzenhausen

An introduction to the political, economic and environmental issues of

European integration

 

for advanced Australian and New Zealand students 

from 6 – 19 December 2009

 

In co-operation with the ASKO EUROPA-STIFTUNG (AES) and other renowned partners in Germany, France and Australia, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers scholarships for a two-week course dealing with the issue of the European Union in a broader sense. Two weeks, full of exciting opportunities for students – in the fields of law, politics, international relations, European studies or similar subjects – wanting to improve their understanding of contemporary European affairs and legislative regulations, organised by the European Academy Otzenhausen, the University of New England and the DAAD.

 

The course is open to all Australian and New Zealand undergraduates and graduates. The course will be held in English. The programme is comprised of a course on European affairs and study trips to Saarbruecken (University, City) and Trier, to Luxembourg (European Court of Justice, City), to Strasbourg (European Parliament, European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, City with Christmas Market), and to Germany’s former capital Bonn (visiting the DAAD).

 

The cost of the program, accommodation at the European Academy Otzenhausen (www.eao-otzenhausen.de), all meals and medical insurance for the time of the program (not for any private extensions) and all excursions are paid for by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and the ASKO-Europe Foundation. You must organize and pay for your own transport to Germany and back and whatever pocket money you might need. The DAAD will assist to the costs of your flight with a small contribution of EUR 370.- (approx. 650 AUD/ 820 NZD).

 

Duration

Including arrival and departure day the course will last two weeks from 6 – 19 December 2009

 

 

Location

 

EUROPÄISCHE AKADEMIE OTZENHAUSEN gGmbH (EAO)

Europahausstraße, 66620 Nonnweiler/ Saarland, Germany

Tel.: +49 (0) 6873/662-0   Fax: +49 (0) 0873/662-350

http://www.eao-otzenhausen.de/

 

Transfer from and to Frankfurt Airport will be organised. Please contact: Elisabeth Schmitt: schmitt@eao-otzenhausen.de.

 

Responsibility

Dr. Michael Meimeth, Director of ASKO EUROPA-STIFTUNG (AES), Germany

Dr. Elisabeth Schmitt, EUROPÄISCHE AKADEMIE OTZENHAUSEN (EAO), Germany

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bröhmer, School of Law, University of New England, Australia

 

Coordination

Hans Beitz, M.A., AES, h.beitz@asko-europa-stiftung.de

Dr. Elisabeth Schmitt, EAO, schmitt@eao-otzenhausen.de

 

 

Elegibility Requirements

 

·         Applications from advanced students of all subjects will be accepted, provided they have completed at least two years of university education at the beginning of the Course and have academic interest in German and European affairs. Graduates and Ph.D. students may also apply.

·         Applicants must be enrolled at an Australian university.

·         Applicants must not be younger than 19 years old at the beginning of the course

 

 

Application Procedure

 

·         Please ask for an application form, fill in all details correctly and readable (esp. Email addresses), add all required papers.

 

·         Application forms are available from

DAAD Information Centre Sydney, Dr Andreas Jäger; daad.australia@gmail.com

 

·         Please hand in one original application + 1 copy by August 15, 2009 to

 

Dr Andreas Jaeger

DAAD Information Centre

c/o Goethe-Institut Sydney

90 Ocean Street

Woollahra NSW 2025

 

Please note that incomplete or late applications cannot be considered. Applicants will be informed about decisions in writing by the beginning of September, 2009. Please contact   daad.australia@gmail.com with any questions

 

 

In addition to the universities of Berlin (FU), Leipzig, Freiburg and Essen the IIK Düsseldorf is participating this year for the first time in the DAAD winter course programme. 
You can find detailed information on the different courses here:
http://www.daad.de/imperia/md/content/de/deutschland/formulare/hwk_kursuebersicht.pdf

The DAAD offers winter course scholarships for excellently-qualified undergraduates who have at least completed two years of university studies, graduates and young academics from New Zealand. Find out more about the requirements, objectives and value of these scholarships here:
http://www.daad.de/deutschland/foerderung/stipendiendatenbank/00462.en.html?detailid=537&fachrichtung=7&land=33&status=1&seite=1&daad=0

Applications forms can be downloaded online:
http://www.daad.de/imperia/md/content/de/deutschland/formulare/hochschulwinterkurs.pdf

This year the DAAD launches information sessions on study and scholarship opportunities in Germany at the universities of New Zealand.

 

Scheduled so far are:

Waikato University, Hamilton, Thursday, 23^rd April 09

Massey University, Palmerston North, Thursday, 7^th May 09

Victoria University, Wellington, Friday, 8^th May 09

University of Canterbury, Thursday, 21^st May 09

University of Otago, Monday, 25^th May 09

 

 

To find out more about these and more events send an email to:

DAAD@auckland.ac.nz

 New DAAD-funded program for senior administrators at universities in Australia and New Zealand, policy makers in federal and state/provincial governments or associations, and other experts in the higher education field. 

 

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Application deadline is coming soon, March 13!

 

Please contact Dr Andreas Jaeger in Sydney for further details andreas.jaeger@usyd.edu.au